For general counsel seeking a hefty paycheck, it looks as though there’s no better place to be than New York. A larger proportion of the top 100 best paid GCs in the U.S. work in New York than in any other state.

Eighteen of the top 100 best paid GCs are based in the Empire State. Texas and California tied for second place, each with 10 GCs among the top 100 in the 2017 General Counsel Compensation Survey conducted by Corporate Counsel, a New York Law Journal affiliate.